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☆ Blue Origin launch of tourism rocket will end nearly 2-year hiatus
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-19 | by ( Deblina Chakraborty | Jackie Wattles | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

CNN —Blue Origin’s tourism rocket is poised to launch passengers to the edge of space for the first time in nearly two years, ending a hiatus prompted by a failed uncrewed test flight. The New Shepard rocket and capsule are set to lift off during a window that opens at 8:30 a.m. CT (9:30 a.m. New Shepard’s 2022 failureA New Shepard rocket and spacecraft were set to launch a batch of science instruments on September 12, 2022. The New Shepard capsule, which rides atop the rocket, then initiated its launch abort system — firing up a small engine to blast itself safely away from the malfunctioning rocket. Blue OriginNo injuries were reported on the ground, and Blue Origin said the science payloads and the capsule could be flown again.

Persons: Jeff Bezos, Mason Angel, Sylvain Chiron, Kenneth L, Hess, Carol Schaller, Gopi Thotakura, Ed Dwight, John F, Kennedy, Dwight, “, ” Dwight, Bob Levey, Shepard program’s, Max Q, Shepard, New Shepard, Lex Fridman, Bezos, ”, William Shatner, Michael Strahan, Madeline Holcombe Organizations: CNN, Shepard, US Air Force, Aerospace Research Pilot School, Air Force, NASA, Corps, Geographic, Origin, New, Federal Aviation Administration, FAA, U.S Export Control, New Shepard, “, America Locations: West Texas, Houston, New

Read previewLegal challenges by conservative lawmakers and activists against guaranteed basic income programs are heating up nationwide. Guaranteed basic income programs differ from their idealistic cousin — a universal basic income. AdvertisementWhile localized guaranteed basic income programs are tiny compared to a nationwide universal basic income, they are the subject of no less conservative opposition. Local politicians in places like South Dakota and Arizona have moved to block basic income programs for this reason alone. AdvertisementWhile these arguments appear to support giving basic income payments to a broader group of people, it's unlikely many conservatives would actually support a universal basic income.

Persons: —, Andrew Yang, Sam Altman, Republican Sen, John Wiik, Kathryn Blankenberg, Ken Paxton, Paxton, It's Organizations: Service, Business, Republican, Judicial Watch, American Civil Rights, Texas Locations: South Dakota, Arizona, Dakota, San Francisco, Texas, Houston, Harris County

My condolences go out to the families that lost a loved one during yesterday’s severe weather event,” Gonzalez said. Over 531,000 customers in Harris County remain without power early Saturday following the line of storms, according to PowerOutage.us. “Isolated to scattered severe thunderstorms appear possible across portions of the Southeast and Carolinas on Saturday, and parts of the Upper Midwest,” the center said. The greatest chances for severe weather are across parts of Nebraska and Kansas, with a slight level 2 of 5 risk of severe thunderstorms issued by the Storm Prediction Center. By the end of the weekend, thunderstorm chances will diminish for most of the Southeast and Mid-Atlantic, the weather service said.

Persons: Samuel Peña, Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez, Gonzalez, ” Gonzalez, David J, Phillip, –, Houston Mayor John Whitmire, ” Whitmire, Logan Riely Organizations: CNN, Houston Fire, Harris County Sheriff, Authorities, CenterPoint Energy, National Weather Service, Houston Mayor, Carolinas, Storm Prediction Locations: Houston, Southeast, Gulf, Harris County, Cypress , Texas, City, Texas, Louisiana, Houston , Texas, Mexico, Carolinas, Midwest, Plains, Nebraska, Kansas

☆ I live in a Texas city that's one of the fastest-growing in America. I see why so many Californians are moving here — and the impact they have on home prices and traffic.
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-18 | by ( Alcynna Lloyd | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Read previewThis as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Eric Newland, a 56-year-old retired Medical Service Corps officer who is now a real-estate agent in New Braunfels, Texas. The city is about 32 miles northeast of San Antonio and roughly 40 miles southwest of Austin, within the Texas Triangle." The city is growing but retaining its identityDespite its growth, the city maintains its small-town charm, with quaint shops and restaurants. Moving towards San Antonio and Austin, the city begins to feel like a larger town with several strip malls and new homes. An upside is that there have been a lot of new businesses, more income to the city, and even live music.

Persons: —, Eric Newland, Fort Sam Houston, I've, Braunfels, Newland, Eric Newland There's Organizations: Service, Medical Service, Business, Fort, Texas, Austin, Army, Realtors, Railroad Locations: New Braunfels , Texas, Braunfels, New Braunfels, Fort Sam, Iraq, Afghanistan, Korea, Germany, San Antonio, Austin, Dallas, Houston, there's, Wurstfest, United States, Schlitterbahn, California, Texas, San Diego, Angeles

☆ I'm a Canadian who's lived in the US for over 30 years. I don't get why so many Americans want to move to Canada.
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-18 | by ( Jordan Pandy | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Our money was worth more back then, so we got more value for our Canadian dollar when we went shopping in the States. She was an American living in Atlanta and said, "Hey, why don't you come and spend the winter with me?" It almost seemed like Canada was 10 or 20 years behind, progressive-wise — and I don't mean politically. The amenities, the shopping, the food, and the restaurants in Canada are way behind if you're outside Vancouver or Toronto. I don't see why Canada is so appealing to AmericansCanada used to be an admired country worldwide, and now it's horrible.

Persons: —, Jim D, Zeppelin, Mason, Dixon, I've, I'm Organizations: Service, Business, Fort Frances, Gas, Toyota, Healthcare, Ontario Health Insurance Locations: Canadian, Arizona, Flagstaff, Phoenix, Fort Frances , Ontario, International Falls , Minnesota, America, Fort, Minnesota, Africa, Tanzania, Canada, American, Atlanta, Vancouver, Toronto, Birmingham , Alabama, New Orleans, Baton Rouge , Louisiana, Jackson , Mississippi, Houston, Texas , New Mexico , Arizona , California, Hawaii, Ontario, United States, In Ontario, Fort Frances, Thunder Bay , Ontario, Thunder, Thunder Bay

The storm also battered New Orleans overnight, with severe thunderstorms and flooding possible again Friday, according to the local branch of the National Weather Service. A home is severely damaged by a fallen tree after heavy winds and rains ripped through the region on May 17, 2024 in Houston, Texas. Across Houston, photos and videos on social media showed intense flooding and downed trees, as well as toppled electrical towers and power lines. Another video showed baseball fans leaving the stadium amid the bad weather. Strong winds appeared to have blown off roof panels at a Hyatt Regency Hotel in Houston, a video posted to X showed.

Persons: Melissa Phillips, Ike, Houston Mayor John Whitmire, Logan Riely, Harris, Lina Hidalgo, Hidalgo, Samuel Peña, Whitmire, Greg Abbott, Abbott, Brett Coomer, Jon Shapley Organizations: Hearst Newspapers, Getty, Houston Mayor, National Weather Service, Houston Independent School District, Houston Fire, Texas Gov, Texans, Facebook, Houston Astros, Hyatt Regency Locations: Parkway, West, Cypress, Texas, Houston, Romayor, New Orleans, Houston , Texas, Southeast Texas, Sowden, Houston's Harris County, Fargo Plaza

☆ Storm Carves Path of Destruction Across Houston
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-17 | by ( The New York Times | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

A powerful storm tore through Texas on Thursday evening, killing at least four people and battering the state with destructive winds and heavy rain. The force of the storm caused widespread damage in Houston, blowing out the glass windows of ground-level storefronts and downtown high-rises. Nearly a million utility customers were still without power on Friday morning, and officials said that the storm brought winds with speeds of up to 100 miles per hour. With some roads still blocked off, officials have warned people to stay home as they assess the damage and clear debris. Here’s a look at the damage in Houston from the storm.

Locations: Texas, Houston

☆ Houston could be without power for weeks after hurricane-force storms smash through
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-17 | by ( Paul Squire | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

At least 4 people are dead and almost 1 million are without power. AdvertisementA series of powerful thunderstorms packing hurricane-force winds smashed through Houston on Thursday, leaving at least 4 people dead and nearly 1 million without power. And damage to the grid could leave some parts of Texas's largest city without electricity for weeks, one county executive said. Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo said on Friday that the storm flipped an 18-wheeler and toppled power transmission towers. This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers.

Persons: Houston, —, Lina Hidalgo Organizations: Service, Business Locations: Houston, Texas's, Harris

☆ Historic Starliner crewed launch attempt delayed again as teams continue to assess helium leak
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-17 | by ( Deblina Chakraborty | Madeline Holcombe | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

CNN —The target date for the highly anticipated inaugural crewed mission of Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft has moved yet again. The update comes just days after Starliner teams reported a small helium leak in the service module of the spacecraft. Boeing designed the Starliner to rival SpaceX’s prolific Crew Dragon capsule and expand US options for ferrying astronauts to the space station. Meanwhile, Boeing’s rival under NASA’s commercial crew program — SpaceX — has become the go-to transportation provider for the space agency’s astronauts. Williams and Wilmore were already in their seats aboard the Starliner capsule May 6 when engineers found an issue and halted the launch.

Persons: Starliner’s, Suni Williams, Butch Wilmore, Williams, Wilmore, NASA’s, Bill Nelson, —, ”, SpaceX —, CNN’s Jackie Wattles, Ashley Strickland Organizations: CNN, NASA, Boeing, Atlas V, NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, International Space, Mercury, Gemini, Apollo, SpaceX, United Launch Alliance, V Locations: Houston, Florida, United States

☆ Justice Samuel Alito blames upside-down American flag on his wife and a flap with neighbors
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-17 | by ( John Fritze | Holmes Lybrand | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

Alito said that a neighbor had posted a sign saying “F**k Trump” near a school bus stop and then a sign attacking his wife, Martha-Ann Alito. The upside-down flag was a symbol for former President Donald Trump’s supporters who falsely claimed widespread fraud in the presidential election. A spokeswoman for the Supreme Court has not respond to CNN’s requests for comment. “Flying an upside-down American flag — a symbol of the so-called ‘Stop the Steal’ movement — clearly creates the appearance of bias,” Durbin said in a statement. Renewed calls for ethics reformThe Supreme Court is weighing major cases this term tied to the 2020 election and the attack on the Capitol.

Persons: Samuel Alito, Alito, Martha, Ann Alito, Fox, Donald Trump’s, Tim Walz, “ I’m, Joe Biden’s, “, ”, “ It’s, Trump, Hank Johnson, Clarence Thomas, ” MAGA, Thomas, ” Johnson, ” Sen, Dick Durbin, ” Durbin, Sen, Tom Cotton, Carolina Sen, Lindsey Graham, Jack Smith’s, John Roberts, Sheldon Whitehouse, ” Whitehouse, Roe, Wade, Renee Knake Jefferson, ” Jefferson Organizations: CNN, Fox News, Trump, Democratic, Capitol, Minnesota Gov, New York Times, Times, Gadsden, Georgia Democrat, Committee, Illinois Democrat, Republicans, Arkansas Republican, Republican, Congress, Supreme, Rhode, Rhode Island Democrat, ”, University of Houston Law Center Locations: Minnesota, Alexandria , Virginia, Washington, DC, Georgia, House, Arkansas, ”, Carolina, Rhode Island

☆ Thunderstorms, Wind and Climate Change: Here’s What to Know
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-17 | by ( Raymond Zhong | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The severe storms that swept through Houston and the Gulf Coast on Thursday left all the destructive traces of a hurricane, yet they didn’t blow in from the tropics. Here’s what to know about such storms, and how they might be changing in our warming climate. Global warming creates conditions more favorable to severe storms. As the planet warms, severe storms of all kinds are likely to deliver even bigger payloads of rain. The heat energy released into the atmosphere by this condensation is what feeds thunderstorms.

Locations: Houston, Gulf, United States

Soaking storms will shift east on Friday and target more of the Gulf Coast after rumbling to life Thursday afternoon in parts of Texas. Floods deluge roads: Several roads closing in northern and eastern Bosque County, Texas due to water over crossings or bridges. More than a dozen school districts closed: The Houston Independent School District has announced campuses will be closed on Friday and will reopen next week. Schools will reopen on Monday, May 20,” the school district said in a message on Facebook. A handful of Houston-area school districts announced they would close Friday as well, including Aldine Independent School District, Channelview Independent School District and Cypress-Fairbanks Independent School District.

Persons: Mary Benton, Samuel Peña, Houston Mayor John Whitmire, Houstonians, Seth Waller, Bell County . Organizations: CNN, Houston Fire Department, Texas -, Florida Panhandle, National Weather Service, Hyatt, CenterPoint Energy, Houston Mayor, Houston, College Station, Houston Independent School, HISD, City of, Facebook, Aldine Independent School District, Channelview Independent School District, Fairbanks Independent School District Locations: Texas, Louisiana, Houston, Gulf, Mississippi, Alabama, Texas - Louisiana, Georgia, Florida, New Orleans, Baton Rouge and New Orleans, Hyatt Regency, Bryan, College, Bosque County , Texas, Bell County, Bell County . McLennan, Falls, City of Houston, Cypress

☆ Accustomed to Disasters, Houston Didn’t See This One Coming
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-17 | by ( J. David Goodman | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The storm that hurtled through Houston late Thursday surprised a city long accustomed to bouts of serious weather. The Astros kept playing baseball, even as rain and wind whipped into the team’s closed-dome stadium. Many people, following their evening routines, were caught unaware on bikes or at the gym. Decades-old oak and pecan trees were ripped in two or knocked over at the roots, flattening fences or blocking roadways. Highway billboards buckled, including the Car Wreck Cowboy, a local lawyer whose sign, usually towering over Interstate 45 near downtown, had been flattened into an empty lot.

Persons: Houstonians Organizations: Astros Locations: Houston, —

☆ She flew a record-breaking US flight – but it was kept secret for years
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-16 | by ( Jacopo Prisco | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +13 min

There were no women flying, there were no female airline pilots. A historic moment, kept secretRippelmeyer and Captain Emilie Jones before a flight with Air Illinois, where they became the first all-female crew of a scheduled flight in the United States. So that’s what we did.”It was December 30, 1977, and that was the first scheduled flight in the United States with an all-female crew – but it was kept a secret. At least, “since nobody died,” Lippenmeyer says, the two were no longer intentionally kept apart and flew together many more times. “My first 747 flight was to London and then my last 787 flight was to London,” she says.

Persons: CNN — Lynn Rippelmeyer’s, “, ”, Rippelmeyer, Bonnie Tiburzi, Emily Warner, Frontier –, Emilie Jones, Lynn Rippelmeyer Rippelmeyer’s, — Emilie, ” Rippelmeyer, ” Lippenmeyer, Lynn Rippelmeyer, Ozark Air Lines —, Carl Hirschberg, we’d, that’s, doesn’t, ” “, I’m, furloughed, wasn’t, didn’t, ” – Organizations: CNN, TWA, Boeing, Piper, American Airlines, Frontier, Air Illinois, Air, Airlines, Ozark Air Lines, World Airlines, TWA –, People Express, People, London Gatwick, Continental, Central America, United Airlines, Continental Airlines, Aviation Locations: Mississippi, Vermont, United States, Miami, Air Illinois, Air, JFK, ”, Newark, London, Polynesia, California, Texas, Houston, Tegucigalpa, Honduras, Central

☆ At least 4 deaths in Houston, official says, as storms bring ‘life-threatening’ flood risk to Texas and Louisiana
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-16 | by ( Joe Sutton | Elizabeth Wolfe | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

More than 100,000 are also in the dark in Louisiana as storms batter the state, as well. Parts of Texas and western Louisiana are under a rare Level 4 of 4 high risk of excessive rainfall Thursday, the Weather Prediction Center said. Major flooding has prompted water rescues in at least one Texas city. Texas and Louisiana have been in the bull’s-eye of seemingly unrelenting rounds of torrential, flooding downpours since the start of April. A tornado warning had been issued earlier Thursday evening in Harris County, including downtown Houston, according to the National Weather Service.

Persons: Samuel Peña, John Whitmire, Houston Mayor John Whitmire, Houstonians, what’s, Hurricane Harvey Organizations: CNN, Houston Fire, Hyatt, Weather Prediction, WPC, National Weather Service, Houston, KPRC, Houston Astros, Oakland Athletics, Houston Mayor, Centerpoint, METRO, Training, Florida Panhandle, Regional Climate Center ., Hurricane Locations: Houston, Hyatt Regency, Texas, Louisiana, Bryan, United States, Georgia, Waco, Mississippi, Lake Charles , Louisiana, Harris County, Harris, city’s, Gulf, Alabama, Florida, Shreveport , Louisiana

☆ I'm a college athlete whose heart stopped during practice. Doctors thought I'd need a nursing home, but I'm already back on the field.
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-16 | by ( Kelly Burch | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

When my mom was in labor, doctors thought I might be tangled in the umbilical cord because my heart rate would plummet and then stabilize. I was delivered by emergency C-section, and doctors soon realized that I had congenital heart defects. Still, I thought I'd adjusted well — until my heart stopped on the field. Even when I started breathing on my own, doctors thought I might need to go to a nursing home rather than a rehab facility because I was still so frail. AdvertisementTIRR Memorial Hermann in Houston was the only in-patient rehab hospital that would take me because my needs were so intensive.

Persons: Mac Kelso, Mac, Doctors, — Dr, Nikola Dragojlovic —, TIRR, Hermann, I've, — Organizations: Service, Business, Louisiana Tech University Locations: Oregon, Louisiana, Colorado, Houston, TIRR

☆ See inside the Hermosa Inn, the top-rated hotel in the 'Beverly Hills of Arizona'
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-15 | by ( Joey Hadden | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

The luxury and boutique Hermosa Inn was named the best hotel in Arizona by Travel + Leisure in 2023. Sign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. AdvertisementFrom Clark Gable and Whitney Houston to David Spade and Tyrese Gibson, celebrities have been staying and dining at the Hermosa Inn for decades, AZ Central reported. The luxury boutique hotel, which has been around for nearly a century, was named the best hotel in Arizona by Travel + Leisure in 2023. This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers.

Persons: —, Clark Gable, Whitney Houston, David Spade, Tyrese Gibson Organizations: Travel, Service, AZ Central, Business Locations: Hermosa, Arizona, Paradise Valley

☆ Caitlin Clark’s debut draws largest WNBA audience in two decades, beating NHL playoffs head-to-head
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-15 | by ( Hadas Gold | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

Viewership peaked at 2.3 million viewers, ESPN said. The NHL game drew an average of 2 million viewers, the network said. Last month, the NCAA women’s basketball National Championship matchup between Clark’s Iowa Hawkeyes and the South Carolina Gamecocks drew 18.9 million viewers, smashing television ratings records. The game was not only the most watched women’s college basketball game in history, but it also surpassed the viewership of any basketball game, including both men’s and professional, since 2019, according to Nielsen. 1 overall pick, drew an average of 2.4 million viewers, shattering viewership records and far surpassing the previous all-time high of 601,000 viewers in 2004.

Persons: Caitlin Clark, NHL men’s Staley, Clark Organizations: CNN, WNBA, Indiana Fever, Connecticut Sun, ESPN2, ESPN, Sun, Angeles Sparks, Houston Comets, Sports Illustrated, Disney, NHL, Boston Bruins, Florida Panthers, NCAA, Clark’s Iowa Hawkeyes, South Carolina Gamecocks, Nielsen, New York Liberty Locations: Indianapolis

☆ Westminster Dog Show 2024: Sage the Miniature Poodle wins Best in Show
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-14 | by ( Aj Willingham | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —Sage the Miniature Poodle has won best in show at the 2024 Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show. She’s a Miniature Poodle, and is the 4th of her kind to claim Westminster’s Best in Show. Sage, a Miniature Poodle from Houston, Texas, wins Best in Show during the 2024 Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show in New York City. Kena Betancur/AFP/Getty ImagesThe Westminster Dog Show has been delighting lovers of finely-groomed pups since 1877, making it the second-oldest continuously held sporting event in the US after the Kentucky Derby. The Westminster Dog Show is also the perfect place to learn fun facts about dogs, like the fact that three US presidents have owned Scottish Terriers or that dogs from Canada hold six Westminster “Best in Show” titles.

Persons: CNN —, Mercedes, Shepherd, Sage isn’t, Kena Betancur, Louis, Frankie, Monty, Rosalind Kramer, Kramer, ”, “, Kaz Hosaka Organizations: CNN, Westminster Kennel, Westminster, Getty, Kentucky Derby, Shepherd, Afghan, Tzu, Kennel Club, Scottish Terriers, Westminster “ Locations: Houston , Texas, New York City, Kena, AFP, Tzu Woking, Canada

☆ Solugen: 2024 CNBC Disruptor 50
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-14 | by ( Cnbc.Com Staff | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Over the past century, major chemicals companies like BASF, Dow and LyondellBasell have maximized a global manufacturing process that is derived from fossil fuels. Sparked by a chance medical school poker game conversation in 2016, Solugen evolved from prototype to physical asset in five years, and production hit commercial scale shortly thereafter. "Solugen is the first synthetic biology company with a demonstrated ability to scale both their sales and their own manufacturing," an investor told CNBC at the time of the 2021 deal. The Bioforge, as its manufacturing platform is known, is designed to minimize the massive environmental toll of traditional chemical manufacturing, and in a perfect world, result in carbon-neutral if not carbon-negative emissions. Bioforge 1, its Houston-based site, is a zero discharge facility without air or wastewater emissions.

Persons: Solugen, Baillie Gifford Organizations: BASF, Dow, CNBC Locations: Houston

☆ Helium leak delays Boeing’s historic Starliner mission at least another week
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-14 | by ( Madeline Holcombe | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —The world will have to wait at least another week before the highly anticipated first crewed mission of Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft. Starliner teams traced the leak to a flange on a single reaction control system thruster, where helium is used to allow the thrusters to fire. Both Boeing and NASA are developing tests and solutions for the leak, the release said. Meanwhile, Boeing’s rival under NASA’s commercial crew program — SpaceX — has become the go-to transportation provider for the space agency’s astronauts. The valve has since been replaced, but the new issue with the helium leak on the Boeing spacecraft that sits atop the rocket is causing further delay.

Persons: Suni Williams, Butch Wilmore, Williams, Wilmore, NASA’s, Bill Nelson, —, ”, SpaceX — Organizations: CNN, Boeing, NASA, NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, International Space, Mercury, Gemini, Apollo, SpaceX, United Launch Alliance, V, Atlas V Locations: Houston, Florida, United States

☆ Nicole Shanahan Ventures Onto the Stump for Kennedy
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-13 | by ( Chris Cameron | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

She quoted Carl Jung as she opened her meandering speech, cited what she called the “ruthless” American psyche, alluded to her friendship with the director of the “Black Panther” movies and talked about how Americans needed to remember their ancestors. Nicole Shanahan, the Silicon Valley millionaire chosen by Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as his running mate, had previously said that she would spend little time on the campaign trail, leaving stump speeches mainly to Mr. Kennedy. But in her first outing on the hustings, in Houston on Saturday about a month and a half after she joined Mr. Kennedy on his independent presidential ticket, Ms. Shanahan signaled that she was a fitting match for him, speaking about the electorate as if it were the victim of a vast Covid-related conspiracy and defying easy categorization along partisan lines. “I often said Covid was the truth serum,” she said of the pandemic. We’re not going to stand that anymore.”

Persons: Carl Jung, Nicole Shanahan, Robert F, Kennedy Jr, Kennedy, Shanahan, Covid, ”, We’re Organizations: Silicon Locations: Houston

☆ Atlanta Hawks land No. 1 pick in 2024 NBA Draft Lottery despite 3% odds
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-13 | by ( Homero De La Fuente | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

CNN —The Atlanta Hawks will be selecting first in the 2024 NBA Draft after winning the Draft Lottery conducted at the McCormick Place Convention Center in Chicago on Sunday. Atlanta had a 3% chance at landing the top pick after finishing 10th in the Eastern Conference this season with 36-46 record. The Hawks have never had the first pick since the NBA moved to a Draft Lottery in 1985. The Washington Wizards, who were tied with the Detroit Pistons for the highest odds to land the top pick at 14%, will have the second pick. The 2024 NBA Draft will take place from June 26-27, in the first-ever two-day event at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.

Persons: David Thompson, Victor Wembanyama, Alex Sarr Organizations: CNN, The Atlanta Hawks, Sunday, Atlanta, Eastern Conference, Hawks, Orlando Magic, NBA, Washington Wizards, Detroit Pistons, Houston Rockets, San Antonio Spurs, Pistons, Barclays Center Locations: McCormick, Chicago, N.C . State, Brooklyn , New York

☆ I'm moving out of Texas after 60 years there. The culture has changed and big tech firms have made Austin too expensive.
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-12 | by ( Alcynna Lloyd | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

Austin has been my home for more than 60 years — minus the time spent following around my military husband. Austin just isn't what it used to beMy family and I moved to Austin in 1963. The University of Texas students really kept the city young and on its toes. AdvertisementIt costs so much to afford homes in Austin nowAfter moving to South Carolina for the military, my husband and I moved back to Austin in 1998. AdvertisementThere are things I am going to miss about Austin, like the cheap gas, and the HEB grocery market.

Persons: Flora Batts, —, Austin, wasn't, BrandonSeidel, Shawn Phillips, Michael Dell, they've, It's, Batts, I'm, doesn't, Joy, We've, we've, it's Organizations: Service, Austin, Capitol, The University of Texas, Tech, Social Security, Batts I'm, Paramount Locations: Texas, Pennsylvania, Flora Batts, Odem, Amarillo, Austin, Dallas, Houston, North Austin, South Carolina, Batts Texas, Colorado, Virginia, Erie, Austin . In Erie, Lake Erie

☆ 15 cities with plenty of rentals and high enough wages to afford them
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-12 | by ( Juliana Kaplan | Eliza Relman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

A new Zillow and StreetEasy analysis finds that rental price growth is far outpacing wage growth in most big cities — and New Yorkers are particularly screwed. In New York City, rents increased seven times as fast as wages from 2022 to 2023. Similarly, renters in Boston, Cincinnati, and Buffalo are seeing their wage growth dwarfed by their rent increases. But it's not all bad news for prospective and current tenants: There are still a handful of cities where wage growth has outpaced rent increases. While wages rose by 5.5% between 2022 and 2023, rents increased by just 0.8%, the Zillow/StreetEasy report found.

Persons: it's, Tesla, Austin, that's, there's Organizations: Service, Business, Apple, The Atlantic Locations: New York City, Boston , Cincinnati, Buffalo, Austin, Portland , Oregon, Salt Lake City, San Jose, Houston, Salt Lake City , Minneapolis, Riverside , California, Los Angeles, San Francisco, San Diego, California, Southern, Raleigh, Charlotte, North Carolina, Miami, Georgia, Tennessee

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